The Amaravati Album

The Mackenzie Amaravati Album contains 24 drawings of stone slabs that originally clad the base of the stupa. These drum slabs are consistently carved with images of stupas surrounded by devotees, animals and celestial beings. No one drum slab is the same as another, but they can be distinguished by common motifs located at the central panel of each piece. Some of the motifs found at the centre of these stupa slabs are nagas, seated Buddhas and standing Buddhas. Others show at their centre miscellaneous subjects such as trees being worshiped and scenes from Jataka stories.